TRENT MODEL 1
Straight out of the box, this guitar smells different. But you get used to it. And besides that, there isn’t much to dislike about the Trent Model 1, a stylish, surprisingly affordable solidbody crafted in a one-person workshop on the south coast of England.
That unusual fragrance is a clue to one of this instrument’s most notable features: Elliott Trent builds his guitars with an eco-minded approach that involves sustainable woods (in this case obeche), vegan-friendly glue and solvent-free water-based paints. The thin satin finish really allows the grain of the obeche to show through and, here in Trent’s own variant of Fender’s Sonic Blue, it looks spectacular – like a
